The History Behind Country Music’s Love of the Military

CMA Fest, the Country Music Association’s (CMA) lucrative annual takeover of downtown Nashville — which produced $75 million in revenue in 2023 — kicks off on Thursday with special events including a live interview with Dolly Parton followed by a program billed as “Enlisted: Where Music Meets Military with Craig Morgan and Gary Sinise.” Morgan, a country singer and U.S. Army veteran, has long made his service a prominent aspect of his public personae, while Sinise has built a reputation in acting and music as a vocal supporter of U.S.…

Turkey Rules out Taxes on Crypto Profits, Considers Limited Transaction Tax

Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek has stated that there are no current plans to impose taxes on profits from cryptocurrencies. However, he mentioned that the government is considering implementing a “very limited” transaction tax on these assets, though the specifics have not been determined. This statement was made to clarify earlier reports by […] Source CryptoX Portal

Paxos International Debuts ‘Lift Dollar’ Stablecoin With Daily Yields

The blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform Paxos has announced Paxos International has launched a new yield-bearing stablecoin called lift dollar (USDL). The stablecoin’s holders will earn overnight yield from short-term U.S. government securities and cash equivalent reserve assets with each USDL backed 1:1 in U.S. dollar value. New ‘Lift Dollar’ Stablecoin Offers Daily Returns on […] Source CryptoX Portal

Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer (BTDR) Acquires ASIC Chip Designer Desiweminer For $140M in All-Stock Deal

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Nigerian Startup Zone Launches Blockchain-Powered Point-of-Sale Gateway

A Nigerian payments company recently announced the launch of a blockchain-powered point-of-sale payment gateway. This gateway facilitates transaction routing to issuers and aims to prevent chargebacks or chargeback fraud by promptly reimbursing customers for unsuccessful transactions. Eliminating Chargeback Fraud The Nigerian payment infrastructure company, Zone, recently announced the launch of a blockchain-powered point-of-sale (PoS) payment […] Source CryptoX Portal

Over 30% of family offices in US ‘actively investing’ in crypto, BNY Mellon study finds

Around 55% of American family offices plan to increase their cryptocurrency investments or have had limited exposure to crypto, according to a BNY Mellon study. More than 30% of family offices in the U.S. are actively investing in crypto and even may increase their holdings, a recent report by BNY Mellon reveals, highlighting growing interest in digital assets among wealthy families. The report comes as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) earlier in January, integrating crypto into the mainstream investing environment.…

Cardano Foundation Forges Government Partnership in Argentina to Boost Blockchain Adoption

The Cardano Foundation has announced an interesting new public partnership in Argentina. The collaboration, which follows a public signing between Rogelio Frigerio, the Governor of Entre Ríos, and Rafael Fraga, the LATAM Lead for Business Development at the Cardano Foundation, is with the state of Entre Ríos, a central province of Argentina. The partnership aims […] Source CryptoX Portal

exchanges are navigating regulation and building trust

The global head of banking and payments at Kraken Kaushik Sthankiya and the president of the CoinW exchange Sonia Shaw discuss the state of cryptocurrency exchanges at the Money20/20 event in Amsterdam. The FTX collapse in 2022 brought bearish sentiment to the crypto ecosystem and many traders and investors wondered if they could trust crypto exchanges.  Shaw says that the industry is still recovering from the FTX collapse while trying to rebuild consumer confidence with regulatory support.  “Everything is definitely coming back, but we haven’t really got back to the…

US Lawmakers: Jailed Binance Executive, US Citizen, Wrongfully Detained by Nigeria

A group of U.S. lawmakers led by Micheal McCaul, the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, has accused the Nigerian government of wrongfully detaining Tigran Gambaryan. The lawmakers have asked the Biden Administration to transfer Gambaryan’s case to the Office of Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage of Affairs. Nigeria Using Gambaryan’s Detention to ‘Extort His Employer’ […] Source CryptoX Portal